A couple of months ago, I saw a YouTube documentary about the eating disorder diabulimia. I had never heard of this mental illness, so I didn’t know anything about it. But what I learned and what I found out, was shocking. This mental illness is so incredibly dangerous, yet almost no one knows about the … Continue reading Explaining the mental illness: diabulimia

Many mental illnesses are ‘forbidden’ to be spoken about, misunderstood or seen as “every mental illness is depression” or whatever saying to make conversations less uncomfortable. But we need to change that. We need to make mental illness something that we can openly talk about. I’m so grateful it’s finally getting voice in this society … Continue reading Explaining the mental illness: schizophrenia

Dear rapist, It might start off as a joke. How many women can you touch in one night? But it is not a joke. Because this ‘joke’ turns out to work. You perhaps like touching women. And then you notice something else. The more you touch them and behave with dominance, the more fear they … Continue reading Dear rapist…. – a letter

A mental illness that is known to many people is anorexia nervosa. A common fact and how people perceive this eating disorder is as ‘someone being very thin and who is not eating’. Now, this is mostly true but there are many forms of anorexia nervosa. In this article we will talk about: What is … Continue reading Explaining anorexia nervosa